Laine is having a magnificent first season in Liiga. Currently leads in rookies by 9 points (27) with also fewest games (33) played of the top-10. Puljujärvi has 18 points. He has 7th best PPG ratio in Liiga.
While Puljujärvi definately came out as the better player than before the tournament, Laine personally has seem taking it slightly easier in the Liiga games since returning.
I've seen Laine's every Liiga game this season and I think he has ran out of gas in some of the recent games. Just doesn't seem to have that energy he had earlier to deke, skate and challenge opponents than he had before. This is of course expected to be happening since kid is only 17 playing his first full season in Liiga. Sure, Tappara has had some weird game streaks recently (6 games in 9 days) and the 7 game of WJC hockey could still affect him. But it's still noteworthy he has 11 points in his 9 games since returning the WJC.
Makes me wonder how strongly this kid could produce in one or two years if he would stay in Liiga.
For me, watching this kid play has definately been the most interesting thing to do in Liiga.